He won 39 times on the PGA TOUR, including eight major
championships, and another 14 times on the Champions Tour.

Given that resume, there are few players who can assess the
careers of Tiger Woods an the late Sam Snead better than the man
who’s played with and against both.

Woods has 14 career major championships, which puts him four shy
of Jack NIcklaus’ record. Woods also has 74 career wins on
the PGA TOUR, second all-time to Snead’s 82.

So which is the more impressive record?

“They're two separate animals,” Watson said. "The
importance you put on the majors make that record probably the most
important record, but the way I look at it, how many times have you
won and have you won majors.”

Woods has won three times this season. None of those were
majors, however. His last victory in a major came at the 2008 U.S.
Open.

The last time Woods won at Bay Hill, Muirfield Village and
Congressional in the same year, 2009, he went on to record six
victories that season. Again, however, none at a major
championship.

“It's how many tournaments you win,” Watson said.
“Look at the majors, the last nine majors won by
first-timers. Golf goes through cycles. You had the dominance of
Woods for all these years, the resurgence of Woods now. When I look
back at somebody's record, I'll say, first of all, how many
tournaments did they win. That's number one. Did they win more than
20 tournaments? Then I'll say how many majors did they win, did
they win more than three or four majors? Then that puts them up in
the great category.”

Woods, of course, has done both, and if he keeps playing the way
he has this season, he might surpass both records, too.